(whistle blowing) (drum rolling) (upbeat music) ♪ Go - Welcome to the 18th season of WVIA "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a question and answer competition featuring high school students from across the WVIA viewing area.

In each program, two schools will compete in a single elimination tournament for a chance to win 1, 3, or $5,000.

Tonight's match features Valley View versus Wayne Highlands.

Representing Valley View are Evan Chilek, Riley Aquilino, Mason Peters, and Connor Peters.

Natalie Fuller is their alternate and their advisor is Cindy Cerminaro.

Representing Wayne Highlands are Avery Olinger, Mia Wolfe, Jordan Patsuk, Mattice Harcum, and their advisor is Laura Lockwood.

"Scholastic Scrimmage" is a game of rapid recall of factual information, so let's take a moment and review the rules.

The first team to buzz in will have an opportunity to answer a toss-up question.

Correct answers to these questions are awarded 10 points and that team will then receive a 5 point bonus question.

If that toss-up answer is incorrect, no points will be deducted, but the question will then rebound to the other team.

If the other team answers correctly, they'll be given the toss-up points but will not receive a bonus question.

Well, let's go ahead and get started with this toss-up.

What husband of harpist Joanna Newsom starred in the 2016 movie "Popstar," is part of The Lonely Island, and played Jake Peralta on Brooklyn- (buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Andy Samberg.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus question.

What Rudyard Kipling novel about an Irish orphan in British India popularized the term Great Game for colonial maneuvering between Britain and Russia?

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That one word term is "Kim."

Let's go to another toss-up.

What office to which Donald Trump considered elevating Jeffrey Clark was held by Bill Barr and is- (buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Attorney General.

- Yes.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus question.

What American general known as Stormin' Norman led coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf War?

(students whisper indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - I'd say Norman Gates.

- Norman Schwarzkopf.

Norman Schwarzkopf.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What were denotes two storms that destroyed Mongol fleets sent to invade Japan as well as Japanese pilots who flew suicide attacks in World War II- (buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Kamikaze.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

What landlocked Asian country which is nicknamed the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky has the lowest population density of any sovereign nation?

(buzzer beeps) - Mongolia.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we move to our next toss-up.

What baseball team which drafted Jackson Holliday first overall in 2022 is led by catcher Adley Rutschman and plays (buzzer beeps) at Mason Valley View?

- Orioles.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here's your bonus question.

What term in the Roman Catholic calendar refers to the time not devoted to a special celebration, such as the time between Easter and Advent?

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is ordinary time.

Ordinary time.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What quantity whose three-month average can be assessed using an A1C test is reduced by insulin and is high for patients with uncontrolled diabetes?

(buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Blood sugar.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus question.

What taxonomic class of mollusks that was once called univalves, meaning single shelled, includes snails and slugs?

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That was Gastropoda.

Gastropoda.

Here's our next toss-up.

What novel largely narrated by Nelly Dean depicts how Hindley Earnshaw torments a foundling named Heathcliff and was written by Emily Bronte?

(buzzer beeps) Riley, Valley View.

- "Wuthering Heights."

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus question.

What company faced a January 2023 Senate hearing in part over its handling of sales for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour?

(buzzer beeps) - Ticketmaster.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Valley View, and here's our next toss-up.

What type of clef in which middle C lies on the staff's middle line is used by violists and by a namesake vocal type between soprano (alarm shrilling) and tenor- (buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Treble clef.

- Is incorrect, rebound of Valley View.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is alto clef.

Alto clef.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the first quarter and it's now time for the lightning round.

(electricity buzzing) In this segment, each team will have an opportunity to answer as many of the 10 rapid fire questions as they can in one minute.

Valley View has won the coin toss and will pick first.

Your categories are art museums or Michael Jordan.

(students whisper indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - Michael Jordan.

- Michael Jordan it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Answer the following about basketball legend Michael Jordan.

Midwestern team with which he won six NBA titles.

(buzzer beeps) - Chicago Bulls.

- [Paul] Yes.

College in Chapel Hill he attended.

(buzzer beeps) - University of North Carolina.

- [Paul] Yes.

Sport he briefly played with the Birmingham Barons.

(buzzer beeps) - Baseball.

- [Paul] Yes.

Jersey number he primarily wore.

(buzzer beeps) - 23.

- [Paul] Yes.

1996 film in which he starred alongside Bugs Bunny.

(buzzer beeps) - "Space Jam."

- Yes.

Center nicknamed The Dream who was taken ahead of him in the 1984 draft.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Hakeem Olajuwon.

Team he signed with in 2001.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] The Wizards.

His coach during all six of his championship seasons.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Phil Jackson.

NBA franchise that he partly owns.

(buzzer beeps) - Hornets.

- Yes.

The team he beat in the 1991 NBA finals to win his first title.

(alarm shrilling) That was the La Lakers.

Okay, Valley View, you did very good in your portion of the lightning round.

Wayne Highlands, we're coming over to you.

Your remaining category will be art museums and again, your time will begin after I finish reading the first question.

Name the city home to these art museums, Louvre.

(buzzer beeps) - Paris.

- [Paul] Yes.

Tate Modern and the British Museum.

(buzzer beeps) - London.

- [Paul] Yes.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

(buzzer beeps) - Washington, DC.

- [Paul] Yes.

MoMA and the Met.

(buzzer beeps) - New York City.

- [Paul] Yes.

Hermitage, founded by Catherine the Great.

(buzzer beeps) - St. Petersburg.

- [Paul] Yes.

Museo Reina Sofía and the Prado.

(buzzer beeps) - Istanbul.

- Madrid.

Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

(buzzer beeps) - Amsterdam.

- [Paul] Yes.

Uffizi.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] That's Florence.

LACMA and the Getty Center.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Los Angeles.

Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

(buzzer beeps) - Boston.

- Is correct.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Valley View, 80 to 55.

And we're now going to go ahead and move into the second quarter with this toss-up question.

What activist was arrested after defying orders from James Blake in December 1955 to yield a seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus- (buzzer beeps) - Connor, Valley View.

- Rosa Parks.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here's your bonus and get your pencils and papers ready.

What some results from adding together every even number from 10 to 20, inclusive, given there are 6 values to add?

(alarm beeps) Ran out of time there, we're looking for 90.

But don't fret because, well, we have another math question coming up, so keep your pencils and papers ready.

What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 36, given that a square has four equal sides whose sum is the perimeter?

(buzzer beeps) - Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- 81.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

In 2023, what country's government banned Maria Corina Machado from holding public office, preventing her from challenging President Nicolas Maduro?

(buzzer beeps) - Turkey.

- Nope, we're looking for Venezuela.

Venezuela.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What river flows into and out of Lake Constance, passes through Strasbourg and Cologne, and empties into the North Sea- (buzzer beeps) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- The Rhine.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus question, what public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom operates TV channels that air long-running shows such as "Top Gear" and "Doctor Who"?

(students whisper indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - The BBC.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we move on to another toss-up.

What philosopher whose book "The Concept of Anxiety" addresses the feeling of angst, wrote "Either/Or," and spent much of his life in Copenhagen?

(alarm beeps) That was Soren Kierkegaard.

Our next toss-up, what compound whose concentration is plotted on the Keeling Curve is dissolved in water to make carbonic acid and has the molecular formula CO2?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Carbon dioxide.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus now, in the South African play "The Island," prisoners rehearse what Sophocles tragedy in which the title of "Oedipus" buries her brother Polyneices?

(students whisper indistinctly) (buzzer beeps) - "Oedipus Rex."

- Nope, we're looking for "Antigone."

"Antigone."

Let's go to another toss-up.

What painter organized the Festival of the Supreme Being during the French Revolution after creating the Neoclassical work "The Oath of the Horatii"?

(alarm beeps) No takers on that one.

That was Jacques-Louis David.

Let's go to another toss-up question.

What country entered Confederation in 1867, selected John Macdonald as its first prime minister, and created a horseback police force, the Mounties?

(buzzer beeps) - Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Canada.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus now, the first program written by people learning how to code is often a simple program that displays what two-word phrase on the screen.

(buzzer beeps) - Hello World.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands.

Great job.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What region which is the origin of the Sirocco winds lies immediately north of the Sahel and as a large desert, spanning across North Africa?

(alarm shrilling) (buzzer beeps) - Sahara.

- Mattice, Wayne Highlands, Sahara is correct and your bonus.

(electronic tone burbling) In the Book of Samuel, what Soldier was killed by being placed on the front lines after David saw his wife Bathsheba bathing?

(buzzer beeps) - Goliath.

- Uriah, Uriah the Hittite.

And that sound that you heard signals the end of the first half and we're now going to give our contestants a little bit of a break and the opportunity for those of you at home to get to know them a little better.

And we'll start with the students from Valley View.

Evan, I'm gonna come to you first.

Here's a hypothetical for you.

You're at a party.

It's a karaoke party and you have to sing a song.

What is that song and why?

- What is that song?

I'll go "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits.

It's a great song.

- [Paul] It's a great song and a great group.

- Yeah.

- Riley.

- "Mean," Taylor Swift.

- [Paul] You're not mean, though.

- Oh, no I'm not.

(chuckles) - Okay.

(chuckles) Thanks, Riley.

Mason.

- I would choose "Disturbia" by Rihanna because I was actually at a karaoke party and I sung that song, so I think I can do that- - Oh, you've experienced then.

- that well.

- [Paul] Awesome.

And Connor.

- I'm gonna agree with Mason just because same thing, same inside joke that we both share.

So... - Cool.

Excellent.

Well, good luck the rest of the way, Valley View.

Wayne Highlands, we're gonna come over to you and, Avery, if you wouldn't mind answering that same question.

- I pick an all-time classic "Bohemian Rhapsody."

- [Paul] Okay.

You're gonna sing all the parts?

- Yeah, even the Galileos.

- [Paul] Awesome, awesome.

Thanks, Avery.

Mia.

- I can't think of any song.

- Any song, Mia.

(laughs) (Mattice laughing) - [Paul] Maybe the alphabet?

(students chuckling) Okay.

(students laughing) - [Mia] Okay.

(laughs) - Thanks, Mia.

Jordan.

- "Dancing Queen" by Abba.

- Good song.

And Mattice.

- Just because I can't think of anything else right now, it's "Don't Stop Believing."

- All right, excellent.

Well, don't stop believing because there's still plenty of time for anything to happen in this game.

And we're now going to begin the third quarter with this toss-up question.

In what story which ends with a Latin phrase "in pace requiescat" does Montresor burry Fortunato alive- (buzzer beeps) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- "The Cask of Amontillado."

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus now, what adjective describing excessively harsh punishment is derived from the name of a Greek king whose code of laws prescribed death for many crimes?

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That was draconian.

Draconian.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What zodiac constellation between Virgo and Cancer includes an asterism known as the sickle and the alpha star Regulus and depicts the Nemean lion?

(buzzer beeps) - Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Leo.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

What Swiss scientist names both a set of equations that describe inviscid fluid flow and the identity e to the i pi- (buzzer beeps) Mattice.

- Einstein - Is incorrect.

That was Euler.

Euler.

Let's go on now to another toss-up question.

Catherine Eddowes was one of the victims in Whitechapel of what supposed author of the From Hell letter, a 19th century British serial killer?

(buzzer beeps) - Jack the Ripper.

- Evan, Valley View.

- Jack the Ripper.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

In 1916, what Western state elected Jeannette Rankin who became the first woman to serve in the US House of Representatives?

(buzzer beeps) - Tennessee.

- No, that state is Montana.

Montana.

Our next toss-up question, what author wrote about Shadow Moon's travels with the deity Odin in "American Gods" and depicted in Other Mother with black button eyes in "Coraline"?

(buzzer beeps) Riley, Valley View.

- Pass.

- Rebound now to Wayne Highlands.

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That is Neil Gaiman.

Neil Gaiman.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What husband of the golden-haired Sif is the enemy of the serpent Yorman Gandar, the wielder of the hammer mjolnir, and the Norse- (buzzer beeps) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Thor.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus question.

Ncuti Gatwa, Simu Liu, and John Cena each play variations of what character in a 2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig?

(buzzer beeps) - "Barbie."

- Nope, the answer is Ken Carson.

Ken Carson.

Let's go to another toss-up and get your pencils and papers ready.

How many zeros are in the number 90 billion, given that a single million has six zeroes?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- 10.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus now.

What structure with a two-word name includes the subscapularis muscle, lets the shoulder move in all directions, and is often torn by pitchers?

(buzzer beeps) - Avery.

- Meniscus.

- We're looking for the rotator cuff.

The rotator cuff.

Here's our next toss-up question.

What company's Mobis division introduced the eCorner or crab drive system hoping to recoup sales after it and Kia became targets of widespread theft?

(alarm beeps) That's Hyundai.

Hyundai.

Here comes our next toss-up.

What duo who told the title "Woman, You're Breaking My Heart" in "Cecilia" had several songs (alarm shrilling) featured- (buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Simon & Garfunkel.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus, which French sculptor used bronze to depict six figures with nooses around their necks in his "The Burghers of Calais"?

- Is Michelangelo right?

(buzzer beeps) - Michelangelo.

- No, we're looking for Auguste Rodin.

Great guest though.

Well, that sound that you heard signals the end of the third quarter and another lightning round.

(electricity buzzing) This time, Wayne Highlands will pick first.

Your categories are planetary names or RH.

(buzzer beeps) - RH.

- RH it is and your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these answers that begin with the consecutive letters RH.

Quadrilateral with four equal sides.

(buzzer beeps) - Rhombus.

- [Paul] Yes.

Greek city where the Colossus was located.

(buzzer beeps) - Rhodes.

- Yes.

Odd-toed ungulates that is often killed for its horn.

(buzzer beeps) - A rhino.

- [Paul] Yes.

Sour vegetable used in pies.

(buzzer beeps) - Rhubarb.

- [Paul] Yes.

Autoimmune form of arthritis.

(buzzer beeps) - Rheumatoid.

- [Paul] Yes.

Art of persuasion taught by the sophists.

(buzzer beeps) - Rhetoric.

- [Paul] Yes.

1924 piece by George Gershwin for piano and jazz band.

(buzzer beeps) - "Rhapsody in Blue."

- Yes.

River that flows through Lyon and- (buzzer beeps) - Crane.

- [Paul] No, Rhone.

Plant stem that sends out shoots and roots from nodes.

- Pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass - [Paul] Rhizome.

Figure from Welsh myth married to Pwyll or a Fleetwood Mac's song.

(buzzer beeps) - Rhiannon.

- That's correct.

And that's going to do it for your portion of the lightning round, Wayne Highlands.

Great job there.

Valley View, we're coming over to you and your remaining category will be planetary names.

And once again, your time begins after I finish reading the first question.

Give these things that share their name with or include the name of a planet, and some planets will be repeated.

The chief Roman god.

(buzzer beeps) - Mars.

- [Paul] Jupiter.

Carnivorous plant whose leaf traps snap shut.

(buzzer beeps) - Venus trap.

- [Paul] Judges?

- Correct.

- Correct.

WVIA team from Phoenix, Arizona.

(buzzer beeps) - Suns.

- [Paul] Mercury.

Character who freezes Mr. Krabs in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie.

(buzzer beeps) - Neptune.

- [Paul] Yes.

Train's song that asks, "Did you sail across the sun?"

and "Did you fall for a shooting star?"

(buzzer beeps) - "Drop to Jupiter."

- Yes.

Sega video game console.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- [Paul] Saturn.

Magician in Gustav Holst's "The Planets."

Don't know, you can pass.

(buzzer beeps) - Jupiter.

- [Paul] Uranus.

Candy bar featuring caramel, nougat, and milk chocolate.

(buzzer beeps) - Mars.

- [Paul] Yes.

Continent containing Rohan and Mordor.

(alarm shrilling) That was Middle-earth.

And that's going to do it for the lightning round.

And after that, we currently have Wayne Highlands in the lead over Valley View, 230 to 95.

And we'll now begin the last segment of the game with this toss-up question.

What senator was asked by Army lawyer Joseph Welch if he had no sense of decency during his investigations into communist infiltration?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Senator McCarthy.

- [Paul] I'm sorry?

- Senator McCarthy.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

The radiation intensity emitted by what ideal emitters is related to the fourth power of temperature by the Stefan-Boltzmann law?

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That is black bodies.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What poet who wrote "How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mister Death?"

in a poem about Buffalo Bill is known for his unconventional capitalization?

(buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands - Whitman.

- [Paul] Is incorrect, rebound of Valley View.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- That is E.E.

Cummings.

E.E.

Cummings.

Here's our next toss-up.

What country who is northernmost department of Peten is home to the ruins of Tikal, is bordered by Mexico to the north and Honduras to the southeast?

(buzzer beeps) - Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Guatemala.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

What mythological woman sometimes named Nimue or Viviane gave the sword Excalibur to King Arthur?

(buzzer beeps) - The Lady of the Lake.

- Is correct for your bonus points, Wayne Highlands, as we move on to our next toss-up.

What organelle has a folded inner membrane where oxidative phosphorylation takes place- (buzzer beeps) Mattice, Wayne Highlands.

- Mitochondria.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus.

In August 2023, dozens of people died when the Hazara Express train derailed on route to what country city of Rawalpindi?

(Mia whispering indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That was Pakistan.

Pakistan.

Let's go to another toss-up.

What substance was distributed in the cura annonae, often imported from Egypt through Austria, and made into a Roman food paired with circuses?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- Dolmas.

- I'm sorry?

- Dolmas.

- Is incorrect, rebound now of Valley View.

(buzzer beeps) - Pass.

- Okay, it's either grain, wheat, or bread.

Here's our next toss-up.

What man whose autobiography "Peeling the Onion" describes his time in the S.S. wrote about a boy who stops growing Oskar Matzerath in "The Tin Drum"?

(alarm beeps) That was Gunter Grass.

Gunter Grass.

Our next toss-up, what element whose spectral lines include the Balmer series has a radius roughly equal to the Bohr radius and includes one proton and one electron?

(buzzer beeps) Jordan, Wayne Highlands.

- Hydrogen.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And here comes your bonus now.

What capital letter is used to denote the SI unit of inductance as well as being the usual symbol for enthalpy?

(buzzer beeps) - E. - No, the answer was H. H. Here's our next toss-up.

Up to 10 of what items were given away to subscribers in trademark red envelopes following the September 2023 shutdown of Netflix's original business?

(buzzer beeps) Avery, Wayne Highlands.

- DVDs.

- Is correct.

(electronic tone burbling) And your bonus now, the Uros people (alarm shrilling) live on floating islands made of reeds in what largest lake in South America?

(students whisper indistinctly) (alarm beeps) That is Lake Titicaca.

And that's the end of the game and our winner tonight is Wayne Highlands over Valley View, 285 to 95.

Congratulations, Wayne Highlands.

You're going to be moving on and we'll see you next time with another round of "Scholastic Scrimmage."

I'm your host, Paul Lazar, and thanks for watching.

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